older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
to detain; to check; to restrain
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
rather; sooner; preferably
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
dully; dispassionately; apathetically; in a subdued manner
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till